Hawara Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara Fayoum

The Pyramid of Hawara was made for Amenemhet III of the 12th Dynasty in ancient Egypt and is located about 9 kilometers east of the oasis of Faiyoum. Amenemhet III  was the 6th Pharaoh of the 12th dynasty of the Old Kingdom. The Pyramid of Hawara was built out of brick stones and then coated with limestone. It is sometimes called the Black Pyramid. Archeologists were able to unearth some of the most wonderful portraits in Hawara, which are famous now for being called (the Portraits of the Fayoum). These are 146 portraits of different people drawn with paint and they date from the 1st to the 3rd centuries A.D.

Beside the Pyramid of Hawara, there are also the ruins of the Mortuary Temple of Amenmehat III. The temple was attached to the pyramid when they were first constructed. This temple used to contain 12 halls with ceilings, with six of them positioned to the north and the other six positioned to the south. The Mortuary Temple of Amenmehat III used to have a large fortified wall and it used to contain more than 300 different rooms and chambers, with half of them located under the ground and they hosted the mausoleum of the king. The rest of the rooms were situated above the ground.

Hawara Pyramid

The village of Hawara is located 9 kilometers to the South East of the city of El Fayoum, one of the most wonderful destinations in Egypt. The village is situated around 100 kilometers southeast of Cairo and has been known since ancient times when it was called Hat Wa'art, which means "the footsteps." Afterward, it was named Laprincess and some historians believe that this name was originally derived from the name of the Temple of Amenmehat III in Hawara, the (Laprent) or "the temple located at the outlet of the lake."

The Pyramid of Amenemhet III at Hawara in Egypt Hawara Labyrinth

Pyramid of Amenmehat III

Amenmehat III wanted to make sure his new pyramid in Hawara would never fall down and this was why the engineers constructed it with a much lower angle than the other pyramid in Dahshur. There was a smaller pyramid located on top of the original pyramid and the lower plan and design of the Pyramid of Hawara was very complicated and maybe it was influenced by the design of the step Pyramid of Saqqara that was built early at the beginning of the period of the Old Kingdom.

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Where is Hawara Pyramid located?

Hawara Pyramid is located in Hawaret Al Maqtaa, Faiyum Governorate